Saturday, December 22, 2007

PJStar.com - Journal Star News: "PEORIA - More than $8 million in federal funds will pour into central Illinois next year, including about $287,000 to help build a dental clinic in the East Bluff for those who otherwise couldn't afford services."

Australia is 75% fluoridated. Armfield's research shows no difference in decay rates in children living in fluoridated and non-fluoridated portions of Australia. Armfield's words don't reflect his research findings.

"As many as 25 percent of babies born too small and too early in the United States each year may be attributed to infectious oral disease, according to the National Institutes of Health. It’s suspected that bacteria and toxins from gum disease enter a woman’s bloodstream and cause inflammation that triggers premature labor."

This is another reason why the critical and sometimes fatal lack of access to dental care in America won't be solved by water fluoridation.

"Recently released figures from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention based on the most recent information available (2003-04) indicate that the percentage of Americans with untreated tooth decay began rising this decade, reversing nearly 50 years of improvement in dental health. "